| Description |
xiii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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| Note |
"Revised with a new introduction by the author"--Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index. |
| Contents |
Portrait of a Bandit -- Bandits, States and Power -- What is Social Banditry? -- Who Becomes a Bandit? -- The Noble Robber -- The Avengers -- Haiduks -- The Economics and Politics of Banditry -- Bandits and Revolutions -- The Expropriators -- The Bandit as Symbol -- Women and Banditry -- The Bandit Tradition. |
| Summary |
"Bandits is a study of the social bandit or bandit-rebel - robbers and outlaws who are not regarded by public opinion as simple criminals, but rather as champions of social justice, as avengers or as primitive resistance fighters." "Whether Balkan haiduks, Indian dacoits or Brazilian congaceiros, their spectacular exploits have been celebrated and preserved in story and myth. Some are known only to their own countrymen; others, like Robin Hood, Rob Roy and Jesse James, are famous throughout the world. Setting the historical figures against the ballads, legends and films they have inspired, the author's examples range across the last four hundred years and come from Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Brigands and robbers.
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Brigands and robbers. (OCoLC)fst00838984
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| ISBN |
1565846192 |
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9781565846197 |
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